Capturing Quicksilver

Arielle A. Smith completed her doctorate and postgraduate teaching in medical anthropology at the University of Oxford (2004-2010). She subsequently taught at the University of Montana (2011-2012) and as traveling faculty for International Honors Program/SIT (2012-2014). Most recently, she conducted postdoctoral research at Cermes3 (a joint unit of CNRS, EHESS, and Inserm) in Paris (2015), and preliminary research on anthropological reflexivity and tribal health/ healing in the USA (2016 to date).

“[This book} suggests that we should carefully examine the position of Chinese medicine in China, especially to notice its potentially unequal power relations with nationality medicine. In doing so, critical medical anthropology has the potential to overstep the medical domain and contribute to the broader discussion of ethnicity, nationalism, and post-colonial theory. In this sense, this book is also highly recommended for anyone interested in Southeast Asian society and the study of overseas Chinese more generally.” • Newbooks.asia“Lucid and beautifully written… A refreshing look at Chinese medicine and ‘medicine’ more broadly speaking.” • Mei Zhan, University of California, Irvine

• List of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgementsList of Abbreviations and AcronymsIntroduction: Mercurial Assemblages and Analytical BricolageChapter 1. Chinese Medicine UnboundChapter 2. From Imaginative Geography to Collective LobotomyChapter 3. Power in Technique and Techniques of PowerChapter 4. Making Sense and SensationChapter 5. Heat, Health, and the Experienced EnvironmentChapter 6. Of Nutrients and NourishmentChapter 7. Positionality, Power, and the Politics of RepresentationGlossary of Transliterated Mandarin Chinese TermsBibliographyIndex